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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013 - 10:05 am
Above: A snowstorm forecast from the Weather Channel broadcast on Thursday morning. From the Weather Channel's YouTube channel.
A nor'easter in the forecast for Friday and Saturday -- dubbed "Nemo" by the Weather Channel -- promises to bury upstate New... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 2:42 pm
The following is an open letter to Ulster County Executive Mike Hein from Harry G. Jameson III, the Chairman of the Catskill Mountain Railroad Company. Jameson submitted this letter as a letter to the editor. For other letters about the future of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 1:18 pm
Photo of Sean Eldridge taken December 14, 2012. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Sean Eldridge may be best known to the national press as "Chris Hughes's husband" -- the guy whose high-profile marriage to the wealthy Facebook co-founder and New Republic publisher... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013 - 10:17 am
Photo of NYC mail carrier by Flickr user Wayne Surber. Published under Creative Commons license.
By August, news outlets around the country are reporting, the U.S. Postal Service will put a halt to Saturday mail delivery in an effort to cut costs at the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 4, 2013 - 10:10 am
This morning, a joint legislative budget hearing was packed to the gills as Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens testified to legislators about hydraulic fracturing.
Martens began speaking at 9:30am. The Democrat and Chronicle... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013 - 4:16 pm
On Thursday at 6:30pm, Ulster County executive Mike Hein delivered his annual "State of the County" address at SUNY Ulster in Stone Ridge. The event was originally scheduled for Monday, January 28, but was rescheduled due to weather.
Below: The text of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013 - 12:54 pm
National Weather Service forecasters are warning Catskills residents that high winds are expected to develop tonight and tomorrow, increasing the risk of downed trees and power outages across the region. The area is already under a flood watch, with heavy... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 - 5:00 pm
A 22-year-old homeless man was arrested last week in Ulster County and charged with having sexual contact with a 5-year-old girl, according to a New York State Police press release.
Mario Allen was charged with one count of sexual abuse in the first... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 - 10:30 am
A snowstorm that threatens to change over to ice and sleet later in the day is prompting school closings and other cancellations across the Catskills region.
Ulster County executive Mike Hein's office announced this morning that the State of the County... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 - 9:56 am
Above: Video of Ted Blazer's comments to the Catskills at the Boiceville Inn last night. Apologies for the extremely fuzzy video quality. Video shot by Julia Reischel.
Ted Blazer, the CEO of the Olympic Regional Development Authority, visited the... Read more